Everything about ZX81
1981 home computer
The ZX81 is a home computer developed by Sinclair Research and manufactured in Dundee, Scotland, by Timex Corporation. It was launched in the United Kingdom in March 1981 as the successor to Sinclair's ZX80 and designed to be a low-cost introduction to home computing for the general public. It was hugely successful; more than 1.5 million units were sold. In the United States it was initially sold as the ZX-81 under licence by Timex. Timex later produced its own versions of the ZX81: the Timex Sinclair 1000 and Timex Sinclair 1500. Unauthorized ZX81 clones were produced in several countries. Wikipedia →
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- Read the overview: ZX81A 5-minute orientation
- Pick up a classic book: 30 Hour BASIC - Spectrum EditionThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: A control and laboratory interface for the ZX81Cited 1 times
- Go sideways: Sinclair BASICA closely related topic
- Go sideways: ZX SpectrumA closely related topic
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🗂️ The subject at a glance
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
A control and laboratory interface for the ZX81
Using the Sinclair ZX81 microcomputer in the biochemistry laboratory
ZX81 learning lab
ZX81 generation and measurement interface
Programmieren von Mikrocomputern, assembler-programmierung von mikroprozessoren (8080, 8085, Z80) mit dem ZX81 (in German)
The Sinclair ZX81--toy or treasure?
ANOVA programs for Tlmex/SInciair 1000, 1500, and ZX81 microcomputers
NMR simulation program for the ZX81 computer
📚 Books worth reading
30 Hour BASIC - Spectrum EditionClive Prigmore · 1981- 📕Computers for kidsSally Greenwood Larsen · 1980
- 📕The Sinclair ZX81Randle Hurley · 1981
Getting Acquainted With Your Zx-81Tim Hartnell · 1981
Making the Most of Your Zx-81Tim Hartnell · 1981
The Good Software GuideRoger R. Bilboul, Roger Bilboul · 1984
Peek poke byte & ram!Ian Stewart, Robin Jones · 1982- 📕Hints & tips for the ZX81Andrew D. Hewson · 1981
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